Improvement in cans



J. ASKWITH. Gan.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N-PETERS, FNOKLLI'l'NOBRAPMERA WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED "STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN ASKWITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,311, dated May 13,1879; application filed February 25, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN ASKWITH, of Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Cans for Oil and other Liquids, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Figure 1 is a view of the bottom of a can to which my improvement hasbeen applied. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, partly in section,through the line as 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a modification of the cup.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish improved feet for cans,designed especially for the oil-can for which Letters Patent No.

166,956 were granted to me August 24, 1875, but equally applicable toother cans and vessels for containing other liquids, and which shall besimple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.

of the cup or flange B, so that the lower end of the rivet C will be theonly part that touches Instead of the cup made in a separate piece andsoldered to the bottom of the can, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the bottomof the can itself may be struck up to form acup, as shown in Fig. 3.

To still further guard against this the bottom of the cup B, around thestem 0, may be painted with some substance repellent to the liquidcontained in the can.

The cup. B and stem (J are securely soldered or otherwise applied to thebottom A, three or more being applied to each bottom.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The feet formed of the cup B and the stem 0, andapplied to the bottom A of a can or vessel, substantially as hereinshown and described.

JOHN ASKWITH.

Witnesses OSCAR-L. AMERICAN, JULIUS BLUM.

